Life science executive recruitment for
Pharma, BioTech, MedTech, and Digital Health

confidential search
for life science leaders

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Life science executive recruitment for Pharma, BioTech, MedTech, and Digital Health

confidential search for life science leaders

START YOUR SEARCH

Life sciences executive recruitment in Switzerland and EU

why hiring at the top is so hard to get right

Landing a smart, driven leader in life sciences comes with a unique set of challenges.

The people who’d be right for the role are already employed and not replying to recruiter emails. The firms that can reach them charge a large fee tied to their name, and they tend to return to the same familiar candidates while sharper, rising leaders go unseen. On top of that, these roles are sensitive, so you often can’t advertise them at all.

headcount works differently. We’re already in conversation with the leaders you’re looking for, we protect every search with strict confidentiality, and you pay for the person we find, not for a brand name on the invoice.

Life sciences executive recruiters

our consultants come from life sciences and are in daily contact with the market, which means they can read past a title to what a role truly demands, and match a leader who can thrive in it.

Every search stays confidential, protected by an NDA that candidates sign before we share a single detail.
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life science professionals we can search, filter, and reach for you
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years placing talent across pharma, biotech, medtech, and digital health
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companies trusting us with their permanent hires, from startups to global names

Why headcount as your executive recruiters for life sciences

a better way to hire

Full access to the talent

Instead of recycling the same established names, we bring you the rising leaders others overlook.

Confidential from the start

Every candidate signs an NDA before we share any information, keeping your search protected on both sides.

Science is in our DNA

Our consultants came from toxicology, regulatory, and R&D, so they read a leadership role from the inside.

Rooted in Switzerland

We were founded here, and our consultants are based here, at the heart of the global life science industry.

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Life sciences executive recruitment

how the search process works

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Pressure-testing the brief

Before we contact anyone, we dig into the role and the reasons behind it to help you refine it. Senior hires go wrong when the search chases a title instead of what the team needs on a deeper level.

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Reaching the right leaders

The leaders who’d suit the role are often settled and not job hunting, but they take our call because a strong relationship is already there.

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A confidential shortlist

Every candidate signs an NDA before a single detail leaves the room. You get a short list of leaders who fit, handled with the discretion the role calls for.

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Support through the placement

From briefing both sides to guiding the offer, we stay involved and check in once they’re in the role, because a leadership hire only works if it lasts.

meet the executive recruiters for life sciences

As life sciences executive recruiters, we do

more than filling a seat

It isn’t difficult to fill a vacancy. What we care about is finding the perfect match in both skill set and who they are as a person.

We put a leader in place who makes the people and the work around them better than before because a good placement isn’t a box ticked. It’s a person who fits the people they’ll lead and the ones they’ll answer to.

see how we run an executive search at headcount

Our executive search presentation walks through our signature approach, network, and the confidentiality behind every placement. Take a closer look at how it works.

Life science executive recruitment

our industries

Pharma

Leaders who take a molecule from pipeline to patient.

BioTech

Steady hands for an unsteady stage.

MedTech

Executives who know regulated hardware and clinical use.

Digital Health

Senior talent that’s fluent in tech.

With headcount as your executive recruiter for life sciences, you get

a leader who belongs in the role and moves your company forward.

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